3-022-296 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Scene From the Film 'The Informer': Male Actor Looking at Money Being Thrown on the Floor Landing Next to a Shoe, 1920s. 'The German film director Arthur Robinson gave the screen a brilliant, mirror-like representation of life in the [Irish] Troubles. The powerful realism of German cinema had at last infiltrated into British studios with good effect. If you can't beat 'em, import their best talents'. From "Time To Remember - Came The Dawn", 1925 (Reel 4); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.